Week 4 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

- Rendered and composited test has been approved by Borko 

-Ryan has approved animatic, keyframing can continue 
- aim to get half keyframes done

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Keyframing in process

  Kai 

• Composited and layers for Virtual World 
• Lighting for Virtual World 

 Bervyn

• Dragon scene has been completed 

 Zhi Fang

• Composited and layers for Virtual World 
• Lighting for Virtual World with Kai 

Discussion

1.Animatic 

• Done and approved by Ryan 
• Will proceed to keyframing 
• TIming and a few compositions need to be changed 

2. Virtual World

• Currently looking at how to arrange shots into different lighting scenes 
• Need to pass those scenes to Kai and Zhi Fang to figure out lighting 

Week 3 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

- Borko needs Rendered & composited environment by next week 

 - Attended Borko's lighting class 

- Keyframing in progress (only for Virtual World)

-Environment lighting in progress 

- Animatic has been completed

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Fixed Avatar & Lee rigs 
• Animatic has been compiled & shown to Ryan, with their approval to move on.
• Keyframing for Scene 2 & 3

  Kai 

• Colour script almost completed, approval from Hai Hiok
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 Bervyn

• Dragon scene has been completed 
• Keyframing Scene 7 & overall checking with Celine's keyframing scenes 

 Zhi Fang

• Textured headphones and transfer UVs are done for both Lee & Avatar
• Cubicle lighting needs tweaking 
• Figuring ourt IBL , will continue next week 

Discussion

1.Character Amendments

• Added clothing texture to Avatar.
• Dragon colours made darker and glow less intense.

2. Virtual World

• Looking into IBL lighting 

3. Story

• The Dragon will transform from wireframe to real 3d model

Special effects need to be designed soon 

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Week 2 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

- Splining keyposes by Milestone 1

- Borko needs Rendered Environment (in layers) and Character (POC shot)

   - Lesson next Monday
   - Environments had to maintain style and not overdo realism

- Ryan wants to see completed animatic by next week

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Issues with Avatar eye scaling and Lee eye aim constraints.
• Keyframing new shots in Maya (cubicle and virtual world)

  Kai 

• Tested Borko's method of rendering
• (Continued) colour script
• Awaiting Borko's lesson on monday before rendering again

 Bervyn

• Avatar eyes were made rounded
• Keyposing Dragon scene (8)

 Zhi Fang

• Debugged Virtual World maya file to crash less
• Working on Cubicle environment textures and mesh

Discussion

1.Character Amendments

• Added clothing texture to Avatar.
• Dragon colours made darker and glow less intense.

2. Virtual World

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3. Story

• The Dragon will be drawn in thin air, transiting from incomplete to complete so it seems more sensible that it is created rather than just appearing.

4. Special Effects

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Remarks

Week 1 - Production Meeting Minutes

Agenda

- Borko needs Rendered Environment (in layers) and Character (POC shot)

- Complete 1 quarter of keyposing by Milestone 1
- Finalising on story this week

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Edit Avatar facial rig to be more expressive.
• Paint weights for whole of Lee rig
• Keyframing new shots in Maya

  Kai

• (Hiatus) colour script
• Working on rendering the Virtual World with Zhifang

 Bervyn

• Recreated dragon to be longer, two rigs for curve animation and IK posing
• Edited Lee model mesh to have less n-sides
• Thumbnailing the dragon fight scene

 Zhi Fang

• Working on Virtual World rendering
• Will implement changes into the Final Virtual World environment.

Discussion

1.Character Amendments

• Dragon made to be longer so it looks less wormlike (Ryan suggestion)
• (Avatar) Changing Frog logo to Dragon logo.
  

2. Lighting of Virtual World (edits to colour script first)

• Lighting scripts has been checked with Yiting, the glowing objects in the bg should be dimmed to not be distracting

3. Story

• The Artblock will cause the Canvas to be corrupted with the barrier earlier on in the story.
• The Dragon vs Block scene will be extended
• There will be a title intro when the Block enters the scene
• We are thinking of using Chinese font for the intro, to give an action kung fu vibe
• (follow super smash brothers character intro)
• The Lasso and Glove blocking scenes are cut out and are replaced by Block

4. Special Effects

• The splashes of the brush can be done in After effects
• (following Batman of Shanghai method)
• The Block/barrier/projectile breaking apart is doable (example Katniss training Holograms "Catching Fire")
• The Glow of the environment will be white in the maya file in it's own layer,
  The colours will be added on in After Effects as a sequence.
• The Block could be formed from cubes using particles and a vertex to merge it into the Block's form.

Remarks
Will leave the previous old 2d things such as
the grey artblock concept art, Lee and Avatar designs.

Week 4 - Greenlight Production Meeting

Agenda

-Updated Animatic show to Ryan & Borko

- By Week 6, we aim for all assets to be ready to go & ready for animation key framing
- By next week 3D animatic should be completed.

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Continuing on Scene 6 & 7 (Scenes with dragon)- To be completed and adjusted by next week
• Paint weights for whole of Lee rig (after Kai completes UVs)

  Kai 

• Adding details to Lee's hand & hair texture as there is a closeup shot for Lee typing on keyboard
• Taking colour script
• Cubicle lighting

 Bervyn

• Completed Dragon mesh UV, rig & some render tests  
• Shotgun assets updated, versioning  
• Panel drawings texture
• Mesh edits on environment
• Block Projectile & barrier (completed) 

 Zhi Fang

• Adjusting render layers & settings, lighting, tweaking textures & bevelling & adding more details to meshes in virtual world
• Will implement changes into the Final Virtual World environment.

Discussion

1.Character Amendments

• Removal of Avatar & Lee's goatee
  
• Removal of jacket yellow stripe from both characters   
• Adding of Frog Logo onto Lee's jacket texture
  

2. Lighting of Virtual World (edits to colour script first)

• The virtual world glow could start out as a neutral blue/green colour and turn orange or a warmer colour when the Block appears (to signify danger)
• The hanging lamps could be hidden as they have no current use,

3. The Dragon

• There is some issue with the Dragon rig being animated onto a curve,
  will check with Ryan

4. The Block projectiles

• The projectiles and the barrier will be made up of smaller blocks with a shading setting similar to the Block's.
• They will grow in reference to the Training Holograms in Catching Fire's Katniss scene.

4. Special effects 

• Made a list of special effects such as:
• Glove design
• Final Painting
• How the Block forms from paint
• Paint strokes

Remarks

• Will leave the previous old 2d things such as
  the grey artblock concept art, Lee and Avatar designs.
  
  
  

  
  
   

Week 3 - Greenlight Production Meeting

Agenda

-POC redone: Virtual World Environment and Avatar Model will be the new focus

-Virtual Environment textures will be updated and organised

-Avatar receives mesh update and rig fix
-Dragon design

Task Distribution 

 Celine 

• Continuing on 3D Layouts for Scene 5 and 6 (Avatar and brush only)
• Painting weights for ArtBlock (after UV adjustment)

 Kai 

• Adding details to Virtual World textures/UVs
• Adjusting lights and render look of V.W. environment

 Bervyn

• Modeling Dragon (Priority by Monday)
• Rough layouts in spare time,

 Zhi Fang

• Checking on V.W. Render and ensuring all textures load in for 3D layout use
• Bevel some edges of V.W. objects to make it less flat looking

Discussion

1. Script & Storyboard adjustments

• Action scenes with the new Dragon has been storyboarded out

2. Avatar update /consult/

•  Avatar's jacket clips into hand, assuming it is a paint weight issue.
  We will consult Ryan/Jim about this (Layouts is still possible in meantime)
• Avatar's shoes and glasses mesh were made sharper
• His eyes were given a slight iris colour gradient
• Lenses can be considered for glasses (with transparency)

3.  Rough Texture for Lee is completed /hiatus/

• Paint weights cannot be transferred from textured mesh to untextured mesh

4. Virtual World Environment 

• Reference/Panels designs confirmed and added into Virtual World (reference images: wiremesh drawings on panels will be textured on later)
• Some objects on Floating platform will be beveled to make it look less flat

5. Artblock Rendered look

• UVs are adjusted accordingly by Zhifang and Kai such that the size of numbers on the Block are not too big and flow downwards.
• Block and the body texture will be rendered separately

6. Work In Progress Tasks

• 3D Animatic (Celine)
  • Layout Scene 2, 3, 4 completed
• Rig Lasso is halfway done & Glove is in the midst of rigging
• (Glove rig put off until SFX is confirmed)
• Need to research on posters to add to cubicle /hiatus/
• Need to change lighting for cubicle room /hiatus
• Finalise texture for Artblock (colour)
• 2D cubicle design will be done AFTER 3D model lighting has been adjusted

Remarks

Will have weekly checkups on Virtual World / Avatar POC with Ryan and Borko

(contactable through email as well)

Special effects will be considered after fixes (around week 6 or later)

Including:
-Animated electricity in circuits of panels in V.W. done in after effects on an animation layer
-Reference panels/canvas to be rendered seperately so glow can be adjusted
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• Note that renders will be split into Foreground, Midground and Animation/Characters (guided by Borko)
• This is so seperate adjusting of layers can be done (with VFX too) and saves time on rendering
• 1.Mental ray will render semi-realism with weathered textures
• 2.toon shader will be rendered separately